How 'The Five Love Languages' Can Improve Your Relationships • Discoverology

How ‘The Five Love Languages’ Can Improve Your Relationships

Love languages let you in on what makes your partner tick. The idea is: we all express and feel love differently, and understanding those differences can seriously help your relationship. In fact, it’s one of the simplest ways to improve it. This term was coined by longtime relationship counselor Gary Chapman.

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